Birthday Thursday: 20 Months

Yesterday was her first time to "play" in the snow. I use "play" loosely, as she sat and looked around or wanted to walk only in the neighbor's yard. I'd say she's a little indifferent to the snow at this point.

Favorite activities: Playing with your new Christmas stuff, using a broom to "help" me sweep, pretend play

Ways you make us laugh: It's pretty funny when you kick on command. Also, whenever you hear a train, the world stops as you listen, and you respond with a "wooo woo!"

Ways you get into trouble: With the cold weather, you are getting stir crazy. This has been translating into random screams or banging things around to shake things up a bit. Ah yes, and coloring on the walls. Thank goodness they invented washable crayons, which did not exist in 1984 when I had the same idea.

Sweet things you do: You hold up your stuffed animals to our mouths and say "Mmmm..." to give them a kiss. You will give family kisses when they leave or when you go to bed. You walk over to the dogs and pet them, saying "Awwww".